Music Industry's new target: Unpaid Cover Bands in Coffee Shops

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Music Industry's new target: Unpaid Cover Bands in Coffee Shops

07-09-2007, 09:41 AM,

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Music Industry's new target: Unpaid Cover Bands in Coffee Shops

Quote:Six months after raising the curtain on their gourmet coffee shop in the beachside Indian Harbour Place shopping center, Laurie and Jim Hall decided to offer live music on Friday and Saturday nights.

The performers, normally duos, mainly covered songs written and made famous by other musicians. There was no cover charge, no pay for the musicians, no limit to how long patrons could sit on a couch with their coffee, playing chess and enjoying the music.

No problem.

Then a few months later, music industry giant ASCAP started calling and sending letters saying East Coast Coffee & Tea was in violation of copyright laws. The fee to continue the music was $400 a year...

full article: http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dl...80343/1006

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